>From Kiran ji: "Yes, I found Delleni indica quite common in Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The huge yellowish-green fruits were being consumed by Parakeets and Hoary-bellied squirrels. I was there 10 days ago and didn't see any flowers.
Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai [EMAIL PROTECTED]" On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Dillenia indica (called chalta in Bengali) are abundant in N.Bengal > and Assam Forest, very much liked by the elephants. Once I saw W.B. > Forest Dept. distributing the saplings free during the Vanomahotsab > period (July?) . They have surely enough saplings in their nurseries. > > On Nov 7, 12:03 am, mangala borkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello, Some of these trees are at Lalbaug at Bangalore. > > Borkar > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Sanjeev Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, 6 November, 2008 10:18:20 AM > > Subject: [indiantreepix:5757] Where can I find this tree > > > > Dear All, > > I am astonished by the activity on this group. This is my first post > here. > > > > I am from Hosur and I live close to the Denkanikotta forest area. This > forms the western stretches of eastern ghats. > > > > We will be starting a bio diversity survey in this area, which has a > forest cover of around 1200 sq km, with various types of forests. > > > > Our DFO is a keen botanist and is trying to re-introduce native species > which formed the diet of animals once upon a time. > > > > Recently he asked me to find out if we can get the Elephant apple tree > (Dillenia Indica). I would be much obliged if someone can help me procure > some saplings or seeds or any propogative material. We want to plant these > trees as food for elephants. The forests here are part of the Cauvery > Elephant reserve. > > > > Meanwhile I would be interested if anyone has had any success in > controlling Lantana. > > > > I will shortly post some pictures of trees to contribute to this > wonderful group. > > Warm regards > > Sanjeev > > Hosur > > Tamilnadu > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I was once told by a plant scientist that he had success in > > micropropagation of Shorea, but I did not find any published record. > > May be the sapplings require some type mycorrizha or other microbes at > > the early stage of develpment- this is a pure assumption > > > > On Nov 6, 8:42 pm, Barry Stock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am curious as to what makes Sal so difficult to propagate, besides > > > the short seed viability. I had a seedling here, and tried to keep it > > > alive, but it would not be happy no matter what I did. Soil chemistry? > > > > > Barry Stock > > > Hollywood, Florida, USA > > > > > On Nov 6, 2008, at 1:01 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt wrote: > > > > > > The efforts to propagate the stately shaal (shorea robusta) under > > > > whose shade Sidddhartha or Gautam Buddha was born, have been a > > > > miserable failure.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > Visitwww.freedomthrougheducation.organdwww.roundtableindia.org<http://visitwww.freedomthrougheducation.organdwww.roundtableindia.org/> > > > > Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab nowhttp:// > in.promos.yahoo.com/address- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
